Jeff Moss story is out...

Submitted by Blue Indy on

Moss' "article" is about the PeruBall game/drill played at Exposure U. There were allegedly some injuries that took place, due to an absence of pads worn by the players, per the game's rules. He's comparing it to Morris' concussion debacle. Personally, the only thing I find "disgusting" about it is this: (If you are a parent of a child who was injured during the Exposure U. camp please contact me at [email protected].)

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GBBlue

August 12th, 2015 at 9:25 AM ^

have lower standards. The article is entirely speculation and innuendo based on anonymous sourcing, which he then uses to attack Harbaugh, and University of Michigan community in general. Moss's comments about Harbaugh being "autistic" are particularly offensive, both to Harbaugh and autism community. Moss was right; this article is "disturbing", but not for the reasons he supposed.

GBBlue

August 12th, 2015 at 9:40 AM ^

filing fee. But would it be successful? Almost certainly not. Harbaugh is a publc figure, and public figures must show not only that the information in the article is false, but that it was published knowing it was false. This is very hard to prove. 

It also wouldn't be wise. A lawsuit would just bring attention to the article. Neither Harbaugh nor Michigan have anything to gain from that.

amaizenblue402

August 12th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^

How is this even a story?  He is really reaching to try and create some bad publicity for Harbaugh.  Typical though, that a story like this would come out right before the season starts.  That seems to be the ideal time for stories like these.  This is just a pathetic attempt to claim you have dirt on Harbaugh.

WorldwideTJRob

August 12th, 2015 at 9:40 AM ^

The fact that he compared it to gladiators in the roman coliseum just puts it so far over the top it isn't even funny. Like kids were out there with swords fending off Grizzly Bears and lions.



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cozy200

August 12th, 2015 at 9:43 AM ^

Supports ISIS.

Basically what he said.

Thanks for predisposing my intent dude! Bust that crystal ball out again and send me some lotto numbers.

MichiganWolverine'14

August 12th, 2015 at 9:48 AM ^

Talk about a clunker of an article. I suppose this so-called "Peruball" is so violent as to explain why Harbaugh was lambasted by high school coaches at his satellite camps all throughout the country. Oh, wait, that never happened. Well shit, I look like an idiot now.



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TheFugitive

August 12th, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^

I'm positive every last one of those kids signed a waiver. That's what you do at sports camps. Get lost, Moss.

yourmom_is_hot

August 12th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^

i took a giant sh*t today.  It was so big that I almost felt bad about my life choices.  what does that have to do with this?  it has about the same value as that stupid story.

Cranky Dave

August 12th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^

who Jeff Moss is and I'm worse off for it.  The guy just makes shit up and says things like :low level staffers were allegedly mortified".  But hey he got a lot of people talking about him today so he did accomplish something with the pile of dogshit he put on our collective doorstep and lit it on fire. 

HermosaBlue

August 12th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^

I heard that some of quarterbacks at the A4 camp took grounder off their shins in the baseball segment. Well, not so much "heard" as "assumed."

Clearly Jim Harbaugh was trying to hobble high school kids using a game of pepper.



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gord

August 12th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^

I don't support that type of contact without pads at these camps and that shouldn't happen again but football was played without helmets for decades and rugby is currently played all over the world without helmets.  It does kind of make me cringe when I see Harbaugh running around with these kids only because if he bumps one and they get hurt he'll get hit with a huge lawsuit.

What are the Nike camps like?  I've definitely seen contact drills without pads so does Moss have a problem with that too?  Having 2 kids without pads running at each other at full speed and hitting seems like a little much.

Gentleman Squirrels

August 12th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^

At what point does this become slander?

Also there are so many issues with his article. First of all, this is the first season of Exposure U. It has not been going on for decades. Sure Michigan has had camps in the past, but Exposure U. was different because it invited coaches from all over the country and you know... gave exposure to the kids. 

He says that kids used to play a non-padded, throw heavy form of football. And then goes on to say that in Peruball, kids are once again non-padded, but do have helmets, and run around more. I mean... there's more safety mechanisms in this form. He also mentions so many facial injuries, which are quite difficult to have when you have a helmet. Not to mention the "C4 vertebrae injury" which if it would have happened, it would have been in the news long ago. A spine injury is no joke and no one would laugh at that.

Also Chris Rock's character was killed from a bomb explosion. Watch the fucking movie moron.

No, Jeff Moss, you are not a doctor. I don't think you're even qualified to be a journalist. Your article is trash, and you are the dumpster it came out of. 

BlueinOK

August 12th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^

I love how he says his "editor" there's no fucking way he has an editor. This shit would never get published if that was the case. The writing is terrible. 

GoBlueNorth

August 12th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^

Poorly written article with little factual basis.

I would like to point out the following:

1) Referencing Harbaugh being on the Autism spectrum in this article is offensive
2) Peruball or versions of have been around a lot longer than Jim Harbaugh.....I played it almost 40 years ago, it was rough, it was fun and we got bumped up but I never saw a serious injury (BTW - we just called it Murderball)
3) It doesn't take a genius to see that Harbaugh plays the media and that what some of you consider his "bizarre" behaviour and responses to media questioning is often actually him either choosing not to answer your questions and/or him politely flipping you the bird

Move on......nothing to see here

cloudman

August 12th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^

I wonder if searching for a license in clinical psychology in Michigan would be valid?  There is a difference between "journalism" and clinical psychology.  Speculating about clinical features of would-be patients is getting very close to a HIPPA violation.

MGoClimb

August 12th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^

In argumemtative writing, it is never a good idea to take the approach of "if you agreed with that but don't agree with this, then you are a hypocrite and wrong, therefore I am correct."

That's exactly what Jeff Moss did. He didn't even take the time to try and come up with a reasonable explanation for why these relatively small injuries happened.

Poor writing, to say the least. Yes my bias is showing, but how some people get to write for a living astounds me at times.

Or he's just a Class A troll, in which case well played.